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by hearing…and hearing…and hearing…and hearing…and hearing the Word of God." And that's really the truth. It takes a lot of Word to get rid of the religious errors and devilish lies we've had crammed into our heads over the years. Uprooting unbelief with the Word of God is a continual process. It takes a lifetime, really, to learn how to live by faith. But the more we learn, the more our level of victory increases. e more our faith develops and grows, the more we overcome. So, it's worth the eff ort to stay with the program. If you like having authority over the devil; if you like not having to be afraid of the world and all the evil that's out there in it; you'll like living by faith because faith overcomes the world! The Labor That Results in Rest "Yeah, but I tried living by faith for a while; it wasn't very easy." I never said it was easy. But being defeated isn't easy either. It's hard going through life sick, broke, depressed and hopeless. I've been there, done that and I didn't like it. I'd rather make an eff ort toward faith every day of my life than be defeated for 24 hours. I'd rather spend time in the Word of God and do the work necessary to keep it in my heart and my mouth, than to be lazy, stay in unbelief, and go down the drain with the world. What's more, I don't really even consider spending time in the Word and doing what it says, to be work. Although there is a kind of labor involved, it doesn't make life more diffi cult; it makes life easier. e labor we do to develop our faith actually results in "rest" (Hebrews 4:11). Before Ken and I learned about living by faith, we labored under not being able to pay our bills, and I can tell you, there was no rest in that! ere was no peace in it. No victory or joy. Now we labor in the Word of God, and not only is it a pleasant labor, our bills are paid, we're BLESSED in every way and able to be a BLESSING to others. God's Word changed the course of our destiny! It brought us out of defeat and into victory. In the natural, you wouldn't think words could do that. But God's Word can because it's supernatural. It carries within it the power to bring itself to pass. God's Word will work for anyone. It will bring you rest and victory just like it did Ken and me, if you'll attend to it, receive it and obey it. How do you receive the Word? You take it into your heart and believe it. You put it in your mouth and apply it to your life. When you hear healing or prosperity preached, you say, "Yes, amen! I believe it. I'm going to say it and act on it." When you read in the Bible that "faith… worketh by love" (Galatians 5:6), you say, "Yes, Lord, I see now that's the answer to my problem. I've not been loving toward that person." en you repent, receive forgiveness and walk in the light of that Word. at's receiving! Here's not receiving: You hear the Word preached and you say, "Well, that's not what my church teaches, so that can't be right. It can't be that God will heal us and prosper us, because He hasn't done it for Brother So-and-So. He's a precious Christian, and he's sick and can't pay his rent." You read in the Bible about walking in love and you say, "I can't walk in love toward that person. ey have ruined my life, and I can't forgive them. Even though the Bible says, 'When you stand praying, forgive, if you have ought against any,' I just can't do it." at's not receiving the Word of God. at's not walking in faith. It's holding onto unbelief and disobedience and it will keep you in defeat. You weren't born again to live in defeat! You're a born winner. You have within you the faith of God—the faith that created this universe. You don't have to bow to the darkness of this world. You're a child of the light, and light overcomes darkness. You can believe and speak God's Word, and create whatever needs to be created for your life to line up with His wonderful will. You can change in your life whatever needs to be changed. You can put the devil on the run and come through every battle as more than a conqueror by the victory that overcomes the world, even your faith! How? Receive and believe God's Word and act on it! AUG BVOV BROADCAST CALENDAR Sun., Aug. 2 God Is More Than Enough Kenneth Copeland Aug. 3-7 The Power of Together Kenneth Copeland Sun., Aug. 9 An Everlasting Covenant Kenneth Copeland Aug. 10-14 Faith Is the Great Accomplisher Kenneth Copeland Sun., Aug. 16 God's Covenant of Promise Kenneth Copeland Aug. 17-21 Strife—The Destroyer of Dreams Kenneth Copeland Sun., Aug. 23 The Power of the Covenant Kenneth Copeland Aug. 24-28 The Goodness of God Gloria Copeland and George Pearsons Sun., Aug. 30 God of the Possible Kenneth Copeland Kenneth Copeland Gloria Copeland George Pearsons Watch the Spanish broadcast Enlace or es.kcm.org WATCH ON Broadcasts subject to change without notice 3 0 : B V O V KCM.ORG Daystar Network Trinity Broadcasting Network (weekdays only) ® GOVICTORY .COM GOVICTORY App You Tube ® 4th Generation ® ® Channel 265 kcm.org/watch/ nd-a-station

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